Charlie Bilodeau

Séguin and Bilodeau at the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final

Personal information

Country represented

Canada

Born

August 6, 1993
Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

Home town

Montreal, Quebec

Height

1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Partner

Julianne Séguin

Former partner

Krystel Desjardins

Coach

Josée Picard, Marc-André Craig, Valerie Saurette

Former coach

Patrice Archetto

Choreographer

Shae-Lynn Bourne, Shae Zukiwsky, Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon

Skating club

CPA Drummondville

Training locations

Chambly, Quebec

Former training locations

Montreal

Began skating

1996

ISU personal best scores

Combined total

189.49
2015 Skate America

Short program

64.95
2015 Trophée Bompard

Free skate

124.64
2015 Skate America

Medal record

Figure skating: Pairs
Competitor for Canada
World Junior Championships
	2015 Tallinn	Pairs
Junior Grand Prix Final
	2014–15 Barcelona	Pairs

Charlie Bilodeau (born August 6, 1993) is a Canadian pair skater. With Julianne Séguin, he is the 2015 World Junior silver medalist and 2014 JGP Final champion.

Personal life

Charlie Bilodeau was born on August 6, 1993 in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada.^[1] His father died from diabetes in 2014.^[2]

Career

Early career

Bilodeau teamed up with Krystel Desjardins by 2008. The pair won gold on the novice level at the 2010 Canadian Championships and silver on the junior level at the 2012 Canadian Championships. They debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in the 2012–13 season but ended their partnership after placing tenth in Lake Placid, New York and ninth in Zagreb, Croatia.

Partnership with Séguin

Bilodeau teamed up with Julianne Séguin in November 2012.^[3] They train in Chambly, Quebec.^[2] The pair debuted internationally in autumn 2013. Competing in the 2013–14 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, they placed fourth in the Czech Republic and fifth in Belarus. They won the junior silver medal at the 2014 Canadian Championships and were assigned to represent Canada at the 2014 World Junior Championships.^[4]^[5] The pair withdrew due to Séguin's back injury.^[6]^[7]

During the 2014 JGP series, Séguin/Bilodeau outscored Russia's Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin to take the gold medal in Ostrava, Czech Republic.^[2] Upon winning another gold in Dresden, Germany, the pair qualified for the JGP Final. At the latter event, held in December 2014 in Barcelona, they placed first in both segments and won the gold medal by a margin of 9.79 points over Fedorova/Miroshkin. In January 2015, Séguin/Bilodeau took the senior bronze medal at the Canadian Championships and were named in Canada's teams to the junior and senior World Championships. In February, they were awarded the silver medal at Junior Worlds in Tallinn, Estonia, having placed second to China's Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang. In March, they ranked tenth in both segments and finished eighth overall at the World Championships in Shanghai, China.

Programs

With Séguin

Séguin / Bilodeau at the 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2015–2016 ^[8]^[9]	Monde Inversé (from Kurios) by Raphëal Beau, Guy Dubuc, Marc Lessard choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne and Shae Zukiwsky	A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum performed with The Danish National Concert Orchestra and Choir choreo. by Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon	If You've Only Got A Mustache by Stephen Foster
2014–2015 ^[2]^[1]	The Grand Budapest Hotel: s'Rothe-Zäuerli by Öse Schuppel The Family Desgoffe und Taxis by Alexandre Desplat choreo. by Shae Zukiwsky	In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel Wallflower by Peter Gabriel choreo. by Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon	If You've Only Got A Mustache by Stephen Foster
2013–2014 ^[10]	Do You Only Wanna Dance (from Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights)	James Bond by John Barry: Oddjob's Pressing Engagement (from Goldfinger) On Her Majesty's Secret Service Alpine Drive Auric's Factory (from Goldfinger) Into Miami (from Goldfinger)

With Desjardins

Season	Short program	Free skating
2012–2013 ^[11]	The Nutcracker by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky	The Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Michel Legrand

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Séguin

International^[12]
Event	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16
Worlds		8th
Grand Prix Final			4th
GP Skate America			3rd
GP Trophée Éric Bompard			3rd
CS Nebelhorn Trophy			5th
International: Junior^[12]
Junior Worlds	WD	2nd
JGP Final		1st
JGP Belarus	4th
JGP Czech Republic	4th	1st
JGP Germany		1st
National^[12]
Canadian Champ.	2nd J.	3rd	2nd
J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

With Desjardins

International^[13]
Event	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13
JGP Croatia					9th
JGP United States					10th
National^[13]
Canadian Champ.	2nd PN.	1st N.	5th J.	2nd J.
Levels: PN. = Pre-novice; N. = Novice; J. = Junior

References

1 2 "Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 20, 2014.
1 2 3 4 Slater, Paula (September 13, 2014). "Séguin and Bilodeau bring home gold". Golden Skate.
↑ Albert, Hugues (November 6, 2012). "Charlie Bilodeau a une nouvelle partenaire: Julianne Séguin" [Charlie Bilodeau has a new partner: Julianne Séguin]. infodimanche.com (in French).
↑ Loiselle, Pierre (January 31, 2014). "Julianne Séguin aux Championnats du monde junior en couple" [Julianne Séguin to compete at the World Junior Championships]. Le Courrier du Sud (in French).
↑ "Skate Canada announces ISU World Figure Skating Championship teams". Skate Canada. March 3, 2014. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014.
↑ Ouellet, Nicolas (March 6, 2014). "Charlie Bilodeau doit renoncer aux Mondiaux junior" [Charlie Bilodeau forced to withdraw from Junior Worlds]. infodimanche.com (in French).
↑ Harvey, Michel (July 20, 2014). "Charlie Bilodeau absent de Skate Détroit" [Charlie Bilodeau will not compete at Skate Detroit]. Le Saint-Laurent Portage (in French).
↑ Slater, Paula (August 8, 2015). "Séguin and Bilodeau learn ‘winning formula’". Golden Skate.
↑ "Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 29, 2015.
↑ "Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 25, 2014.
↑ "Krystel DESJARDINS / Charlie BILODEAU: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012.
1 2 3 "Competition Results: Julianne SEGUIN / Charlie BILODEAU". International Skating Union.
1 2 "Competition Results: Krystel DESJARDINS / Charlie BILODEAU". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 20, 2014.

External links

Media related to Charlie Bilodeau at Wikimedia Commons

Julianne Seguin / Charlie Bilodeau at the International Skating Union

Junior Grand Prix Final champions in figure skating – Pairs

1997: Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk 1998: Julia Obertas / Dmytro Palamarchuk 1999: Aliona Savchenko / Stanislav Morozov 2000: Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao 2001: Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao 2002: Ding Yang / Ren Zhongfei 2003: Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison 2004: Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov 2005: Valeria Simakova / Anton Tokarev 2006: Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker 2007: Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh* 2008: Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze 2009: Sui Wenjing / Han Cong 2010: Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran 2011: Sui Wenjing / Han Cong 2012: Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin 2013: Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang 2014: Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau 2015: Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot

*Title stripped from Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov

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